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VOL. 1 DOUGLAS CITY AND TREADWELL, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1808. NO. 5.B. M. BEHRENDSBANKER AND MERCHANT*m?? ?HeadquartersForJ- HolidayGoodsThe Largest Stock of Toys, Novelties and Fancy Goodsin the Northwest.A General Banking Business Transacted..Juneau. Alaska.1ICaterer* to Kumily Trade.J. P. SMITH & CO., jIGroceriesr MeatsVegetablesFruitsIIFresh Meat Suppliers revived on every incomiti; Pacific Count Steamer.iButter and Keers of flrst-clnsi crude alwars jon hand.iDouglav Cit.r, ' - ? Aluska. 1itALASKA TREADWELL GOLD MINING CO......Mercantile DepartmentDOUGLAS ISLAND, ? * ALASKA.I WHOLELALE MERCHANDISE RETAILrFulI Line Hardwareof Christmas # Iron & SteelYovelties W Pipe FittingsJust Received0 or Firs FOR THE GOLD FIELDS.Gel our Prices before Purchasingelsewhere. IFc will do fhc rigid thing.OFFICIAL DIRE* DRY OF ALASKA.?FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. jGovernor?John G. Brady; privatesecretary, Mrs. Gertrude Knapp.U. S. Judge?C. S. Johnson.U. S. Attorney?Robert A. Friedrich. jAssistant District Attorney?Alfred ?J. Daly.District Clerk?Albert D. Elliott.Deputy Clerk?Joseph J. Rogers.U. S. Marshal?J. M. Shoup.Surveyor General?\V. L. Distin.Register?John \V\ Dudley.Receiver?Roswell Shelly.Court Interpreter?George Kostroinetinoff.'n Ail. O.'il.... iCommissioners?G. vv. iuiue, oicivti, iJohn Y.Ostrauder, Juneau; Fred P.Tus- jtin, Fort Wrangel; L. R. Woodward,;Unalaska; Phillip Gallagher, Kodiak;John U. Smith, Dyea; W. J. Jones, Circle City; Chas. H. Isham, Unga.Deputy Marshals?W. H. McXair,Sitka; Edward S. Staler, Juneau;W. D. Grant, Fort Wraugel;,Edward C. Hasey, Kadiak;Lewis L. Bowers, Unga; J. C. Blaine, jUnalaska; F. M. Canton, Circle City;Josias M. Tanner, Dyea; Johu McElheny. Douglas City; Neil C. Yawter, St. ?Michaels.Deputy Internal Revenue Collector?W. C. Pedlar.Educational Agent?Sheldon JacksonAssistant Agent?William Hamilton. \Supt. of Schools?W. A. Kelly.CUSTOMS OFFICERS.Collector?J. W. Ivey.Special Deputy?W. P. McBride.Deputy and Inspector?Wm. Mill-!more and C. L. Andrews.Deputy Collectors?Joseph Arment,!Fort Wrangel; E. M. VauSlyck, MaryJsland; W. G. Thomas, Kodiak; G. W.Caton, Cook's Inlet; T. E. Holmes, Ka-1riuk; J. F. Sinnot, Unga; J. P. Word,Unalaska: E. T. Hatch, St. Michaels; iChas. Smith, Circle City: John C. Ten-!ny, Juneau.Inspectors at Jnneau?Loring K. Ad- jams, Harry Minto and John R. Auldin. jInspectors at Fort Wraugel, EdwardHofstad, S. L. Adams, Geo. J. Smith, E. jL. Hunter, Wm. Denny.Inspectors Afloat?J. S. Slater, S. F.Hodges, L. H. Lovejoy, Edgar Grim.CHURCH DIRECTORY.CATHOLIC CHURCH;Musk with Service ... 10;0C A. M. iSunday School .... 3;00 P. M. !Rosary, Lecture and Benediction 7;00 P. M.'Priest. Rev. Futher P. C. Bougis, S. J. iCONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. LoyalS. Wirt, pastor. Until the new church build-1ins is completed, evening services will be jheld every Sunday in Ohnmn's Hall at 7:45 p. jm. Sunday School meets in Odd Fellow's :Hall at 11 a. m. Society of Christian Endeav- !or in the same place, Thursday evenings a |7:30. Ladies League every alternate Thurs- Idav afternoon.iI. O. O. F.Alaska Lodge No. 1 meets at OddFellows Hall, Douglas, ou Wednosday jevenings at 8 o'clock.Visiting Brothers are Cordially in-1vited to attend.Geo. W. Stephensen4 N. G.W. K. Dorr, M. D., Sec.DR. \V. L. HARRISON,DENTISTHunter Block, between Frontand 2nd Sts. Pouglus City. :A. G. McBRIDE,ATTORNEY AT LAW.NOTARY PUBLIC.Offir? with News. Douglas City, Alanka.fllfll MINI; idTERESTSj?The Year 1898 Will Astonish the!World.IDOUOLAS ISLAND AND JUNEAU j.From every portiou of southeasternAlaska come reports of new and valuable gold discoveries and with the development of the properties that have ;been found during the present yoar, jthis portion of Alaska must and willtake high rauk as one of the great miniug regions of the world. On Prince ofWales island are located some very valuable quartz claims, the ore in somecases assaying thousands of dollars tothe ton and some of these claims arebeing rapidly developed and put upona profitable footing. At Thorn Arm,several Seattle companies have beeu atwork for the past six months and theinvestors will soon be shipping ore.Some twenty miles this side of Ketchikan, some parties have been workingsurface quartz with an ordinary hammer, and have been pounding the goldout of the rock aud making two orthree times the usual wages for a manper day.Veins of quartz ranging from four tosix dollars to the ton have been discovered near Fort Wrungel, and somesixteen miles up theStikeen river someparties have been working placer claimsthat have proven quite profitable.These are but a few of the many discoveries that have been made and wedoubt not that during the coming yearthere will be many claims developedgiving employment to many men andpaying a large per cent, of profit on themoney invested.But little is heard of the DouglasIsland and Juneau mining interests,but they are by far the greatest, andconducted on the largest scale of anyon the face of the earth. At the lattercity we were much surprised to knowthat between the city aud the hugemountain, there is a large creek inwhich placer mining has been carriedon for some years. A company has beenengaged for months in putting a tunnelthrough hundreds of feet of rock inorder to furnish an escape for the waterthat will be used in working the bed ofthe stream. An air compressor plantwas put in and from 9100,000 to 9-0U,000 will be invested before a dollar will be realized. These peopleknow what they are doiug and thoroughly prospected the placer groundsbefore commencing these extensive operations. Follow the stream up formiles and you find stamp mills at workand men improving their placer claims.Cross the channel, a distance of twoand a half miles and you are at DouglasCity and Treadwell on Douglas Island.For years you have heard that thelargest stamp mill in the world is located there with its two hundredand sixtystamps crushing and grinding as fineas flour 750 tons of ore every day, butwhat is this compared to what it will bewithin the next four or five months,when the total number of stamps willbe increased to 800, with a pay rollranging from 1500 to 2000 men, andthis is only mentioning the Tread wellinterests, for besides these there areothers located on the island.At Sheep Creek, across the channel jfrom Tread well, there is another stamp imill which has been in successful opcr- Iation for years, and yet there are still jthousands of acres of land that is vir-!tually one solid bed of good ore that:has not even been prospected and only iawaits the arrival of men and capitalto make it equally as profiitable us the jmines now in operation.We are not attempting to fully do- jI scribe the mining interests of this partof Alaska, but only to give a hint ofwhat is going on in that lino. We haveI mentioned only a few of the manystamp mills now in operation, but whatwe have said will give our readers, whoare not acquainted with this portion ofAlaska a glimpse of what this countryI will be in the near future?the greatestmiuing country on earth.Millions have been taken out of thei Klondike aud more will follow. The: same may be said of Atliu, but whentho final account is rendered it will be! found that as much if not more moneywas spent in gettiug that gold as was: ever realized, owing of course to theinaccessibility of the country. These; objections can never be urged againstI southeastern Alaska where you canlive almost as cheap as in the statesand travel as cheap if not cheaper thanj on tho railroads.ANOTHER ACCIDENT.A Second and Probably the Third Victim fromThis City within Sixty Days.J. M. Raymond of this city while tryi ing to make the ferry boat at Juneaulast Wednesday night, accidentally fell! off of the dock and sustained some se! vere injuries, a broken leg aud ribsbeing among the least. He was takento the hospital where he is in a fairway to recovery. A few mouths agoa woman who is a resident of this cityfell off a dock at Juneau, and we areI told the same place where the man was' injured. She is still confiued to herroom. Other accidents have also ocnunnla fi>Trini? fn <T?f fft fhoUU1 I t'U IW Wi J iu^ w f,vw W vmvferry after dark.There must be some gross carelessness connected with these accidents.The way to the ferry should not be leftopen so a person can walk off into thewater, and in this connection we might| add that there should be more lightsbetween Main street and the ferry.Juneau is receiving a liberal patronagefrom Douglas City, and it is wrong toleave open traps for our people to falli into after they have gone there to! trade.How many lives have been lost atj that same place no one knows, butthere should be no more, and wo believe that the city of Juneau will seethat the death trap is removed.Thomas Church and Johu Condonhave secured control of the Seattle Re; view. A. B. Ernst stepping down andout. Mr. Church is a new one on us? but John Condon, who will edit the pa| per, is all right. The paper will con| tinue to advocate Jeffersonian democracy as in the past.STILL ANOTHER SNOW SLIDEINone of the Victims From Douglas.Island. Mrs. DarlingWould Go.BERT JOHNS AND HIS FRIEND.Another snow slide occurred on theChilkoot and in it live lives were lost.The bodies, however, were fortunately Jrecovered. The victims were Mrs. Dar- JI ling, two men whose names we could| not ascertain, Bert Johns and Harry! Shaw. The parents of Bert Johns havei resided in. this city since June last at;1 which time they removed from Dyea j: to Douglas City. Mr. Joseph Johns,;' the father of the boy, went to Dyea onthe City of Olympia last Saturday jmorning and will bring back the re- Imains of his son.Youug Johns was a hard working boy ,only seventeen years old. Harry Sbawwas a friend and schoolmate of his and !! about the same age. The boys hadI ' ?j been working together and Mrs. Dar! ling had been cooking for them. It be-;; came necessary for Bert to go to Lake! Lindermau and he asked Hurry to ac! enmniiTiv him Mrs. Darlincr asked to II jJ go along. The boys begged and pleadfor her not to go because they had ji snow shoes and she would retard theirprogress during a storm, but the wo-1man insisted on going and she told tlio1 boys if they did not take her she wouldj follow them. Of course Mrs. Darling jI started out with them and as they had' predicted could make slow progress.The woman gave out and they had tocarry and drag her part of the way until they arrived at nu old abandoned; cabin or cam]) and laid up for the night1to give Mrs. Darling au opportunity torecuperate. This stop cost all of them! their lives. The slide struck the cabiui while they were asleep and tiiey, withtwo men who had been with them during a part of the trip, were swept toI their death. When the bodies werefound, llert Johns and his schoolmate' and friend lay side by side asleep in |? death.flert Johns and his friend wore born; in Pierce county Washington, where theJohns family formerly resided. Mrs. ii Johns has been sick . and the Ishock, that the nows of the death of her: boy produced, nearly cost hor her life.Since the above was put in type, theTo'jeka returned with the bodies ofBert Johns, Harry Shaw and Mrs. Darling. The remains of the two boyswere taken to Carbonado, Pierce couui ty, Washington, for burial, and thebody of Mrs. Darling to Seattle, whereher husband residos. Mr. Will Car! peuter, in whose employ the boys wereengaged, accompanied tho remains tothe sound on the Topeka. The bodyof one of the men, named Warner, was; taken to Lake Linderman where hisfamily was living and the remains ofthe other victim, whose name we couldnot ascertain, was removed to'LakeBennett where his family rosides.A Juneau paper in reporting thematter stated that two children perished witli'Mrs. Darling, but this is incorrect. She had no children with her inAlaska. Bert Johns was also reportedas coming from Douglas Island, butthis is also incorrect. His parents reside here, but the young man neverwas in Douglas City.The Johns family is highly respectedand has the sympathy of the people inthe loss of a good hard working boy.THE GUILD.Literary Projjrum at the f-plscopal ChurchFair.The ladies of St. Luke's Guild gavean entertainment at Oilman's hall lastThursday evening. It preceded thesale , of Christmas and other goodswhich were sold for the benefit of thechurch. It was a stormy night and theattendance was not large.The literary program opened with asong by Francis Shepard. She ha s abeautiful voice and it was enjoyed byall.Little Gertrude Laudsl>et g gave a recitation that was very good.The duet by Esther Croft and Francis Peudglaso was oujoyed by all. Theaccompaniment was on the piano. Theyresponded to au encore.The recitation by Anna McCormickwas funny and brought forth a stormnf unnlaiiio ftlio louTtArl nrpr f.llA llftp.lrof a chair and talked so loud and plainthat every word was understood. Theaudience tried to call her back for another recitation, but she respondedwith only a sweet little bow.i The duet by Mrs. Ross and Mr. Routledge, U0uly a Dream of the Old Home,"was a beautiful thing. It was vocal,there being no accompaniment oneither the piano or the organ that werein the room. The singers both havebeautiful voices and their song was thehit of the evening.On Friday afternoon and evening thefair was continued. There was no literary program, but lunch was servedand after the close of the fair the tlualwind up included a dance.The baud boys attended audplayed some beautiful selections whichwas one of the pleasaut features of theevening.The Episcopal church people are atquite a disadvantage in this city. Rev.Hepry Beer, of Juneau, serves them asa minister and holds his services onSunday afternoons, which does notplease the membership. They also wanta minister stationed in this city. Achange for the better will probably bemade when Bishop Rowe of this district returns from Washington, D.C.,where the great church convention isbeing held. The Rev. Mr. Beer will holdhis last and farewell service in this cityon Christmas evening at Odd Fellowshall. The pastor is well liked and themembers will all be there.A Sensible Chans;*.The Mining Record came to us lastweek changed from the form of a magazine to that of an eight-page, five column newspaper. The change is a goodone. The Record is also much improved by an increase of local matter. Thenew editor will bring the Record up toa high standard of excellence if hokeeps up his present gait.